GLOBAL STOCKTAKE: IMPOSSIBLE SETTLEMENT?
The central event of COP28 is undoubtedly the first Global Stocktake, an assessment of the progress made towards achieving the Paris Agreement.... Read More
GLOBAL STOCKTAKE: THE DRAFT TEXT FOR DUBAI
Negotiations on the - obviously 'indicative' - the structure of the final COP28 decision on Global Stocktake concluded yesterday, 14 June, a draft that countries will still be able to work on but which in fact lays the groundwork for discussions, and thus decisions, in Dubai at the end of the year.
SHAPING THE GLOBAL STOCKTAKE WITH A VIEW TO EQUITY AND HUMANITY
One of the central themes of this year's Interim Negotiations sessions, which have just opened in Bonn, is Global Stocktake (GST). On the first day, so besides the opening plenary, most of the events focused on it. The GST is the review mechanism under Art. 14 of the Paris Agreement that aims to assess every five years the progress made and how much more there is to be done to achieve the ultimate goals of the agreement.
GLOBAL STOCKTAKE: A TENTATIVE START, THE NEED FOR MORE EFFORT AT THE END OF THE FIRST TECHNICAL REVIEW
The first technical assessment session of the Global Stocktake (GST) of greenhouse gas emissions concluded yesterday at the UN Interim Climate Negotiations. The GST is the process under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement for the five-yearly review of the commitments made by nations party to the agreement to reduce their climate-changing emissions. During these two weeks, negotiators have been meeting together with members of civil society, including scientists and experts called upon to support the assessment of the emissions data collected so far with presentations and technical opinions on their areas of expertise.
THE GLOBAL STOCKTAKE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT RIGHTS BACK AT THE CENTRE OF CLIMATE ACTION
One of the knots that remain to be unravelled during these UN interim climate negotiations is that of the so-called Global Stocktake (GST) of greenhouse gas emissions.